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Name	Position	Country
Abd El-Aziz, Farha	Professor of Clinical Immunology & Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University	Egypt
Abdel Aleem, Eiman	Assistant Chairman for International Coopertion, MuCSAT and Assistant Professor, Molecular Biology, University of Alexandria	Egypt
Abdel Latif, Ahmed	Program Manager, IPR Programs, ICTSD	Switzerland
Abdelzaher, Magdy	Faculty of Agriculture, Saba Basha, University of Alexandria, Egypt	Egypt
Abou Zeid , Perihan	Private Lawyer and Lecturer at the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport.	Egypt
Adly, Nefertiti	Bibliotheca Alexandrina	Egypt
Al Aqeel , Aida	S. Consultant Paediatric Medical Geneticist and Endocrinologist, Department of Paediatrics, Riyadh Military Hospital	Saudi Arabia
Ammann, Klaus	Guest Professor, Delft University of Technology	Netherlands
Anhoury, Pierre	Senior Vice President, Europe for MattsonJack	France
Arab, Morsi	IDF Regional Chair Diabetes, EMME region	Egypt
Araki, Kazuhiro	Director, Research and Development Division Health Policy Bureau, Ministry of Health, Welfare and Labour	Japan
Arnold, Tom	Chairperson, the European Food Security Group	Ireland
Ashour, Fayrouz	Diabetes Supercourse Project Coordinator, Bibliotheca Alexandrina	Egypt
Assaad-Khalil, Samir H.	Head, Department of Internal Medicine and Head, Unit of Diabetes & Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt	Egypt
Azzazy, Hassan M. E.	Chairman & Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, The American University In Cairo	Egypt
Badr, Effat	Professor Emeritus. Dept. of Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University	Egypt
Bahgat, Mahmoud	Assistant Professor, the National Research Center and DAAD Alumnus	Egypt
Balzi, Elisabetta	Directorate-General for Research, Directorate E - Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology, European Commission	Belgium
Baydoun , Elias	Professor of Biology, American University of Beirut	Lebanon
Bayoumi, Riad	Professor and Head of Clinical Biochemistry, the College of Medicine, Sultan Qaboos University	Oman
Beachy, Roger N.	President, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center	United States of America
Benediktsson, Indridi	Directorate-General for Research, Directorate F - Health, European Commission	Belgium
Berg, Robert J.	SENIOR ADVISOR, World Federation of United Nations Associations	United States of America
Bokanga, Mpoko	Executive Director, African Agricultural Technology Foundation	Kenya
Bouis, Howarth	Director, HarvestPlus	United States of America
Breman, Joel	Senior Scientific Advisor, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Principal Coordinator, DCCP	United States of America
Casey, Norman	Professor, Department of Animal and Wildlife Sciences, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, the University of Pretoria.	South Africa
Catley-Carlson, Margaret	Chair, Global Water Partnership	United States of America
Champey, Yves	Founding Chairman, Drug and Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi)	France
Chaturvedi, Sachin	Research and Information System for Developing Countries.	India
Christie, Werner	Science and Technology Counsellor, Royal Norwegian Embassy, Beijing & Former Minister of Health, Norway, Chairman of the Norwegian Biotechnology Advisory Board.	China
Chu, Chengcai	Principle Investigator and Laboratory Head, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)	China
Clark, Brian	Vice President, European Federation of Biotechnology, President, International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Aarhus University Chairman, EFB European Federation of Biotechnology	Denmark
Cunningham, Patrick	Professor of Animal Genetics, Trinity College, Dublin & Chair, IdentiGEN Ltd	Ireland
Daar, Abdallah	Professor of Public Health, University of Toronto and co-director, Program on Life Sciences, Ethics and Policy, McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health, University Health Network.	Canada
Daub, Carsten O.	Team Leader of the Bioinformatics Team, Genome Exploration Research Group, Genomic Science Center, RIKEN Yokohama Institute	Japan
Degett, Jens	Executive Director, the European Action in Global Life Sciences (EAGLES)	Spain
Derhak, Dianna	Director of Business Development, EPOS USA, Co-Chair Oxford Univeristy Conferences on Innovation and Technology Transfer for Global Health	United States of America
Desmarescaux, Philippe	Chairman, The World Life Sciences Forum, BioVision	France
Diderichsen, Boerge	Vice President, Corporate Research Affairs, Novo Nordisk	Denmark
Dinicola, Natalie	Director, International Partnerships, Monsanto	United States of America
Discher, Dennis E.	Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular, Mechanical, and Bio- Engineering, University of Pennsylvania	United States of America
Doss, Wahid	Head, the National Liver Institute, Cairo	Egypt
El Nokraschy, Hani	CEO, Nokraschy Engineering GmbH	Germany
El Quosy, Dia	Doctor	Egypt
El-Beltagy, Adel	Chair, Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR), and chairman, IDDC	Egypt
El-Dawy, Mohamed	Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tanta University	Egypt
El-Gamal , Yousry	Minister of Education	Egypt
El-Gendy, Abdel Ghany	Professor of Agri -engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University	Egypt
Elliott, Malcolm	Founding Executive Director, The Norman Borlaug Institute for Crop Improvement	United Kingdom
Elshayeb, Yasser	National Contact Point, FP7	Egypt
El-Zayadi, Abdel-Rahman	Professor, Tropical Medicine Department, Ain Shams Faculty of Medicine and Director, Cairo Liver Center	Egypt
El-Zoheiry, Abdelhamid	Coordinator, Research, Development & Innovation Programme	Egypt
Finalle, Rodney	Founder & Executive Director, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's Alliance for International Medicine	United States of America
Flanagan, Jim	President, European Association for Animal Production	Ireland
Ganguli, Prabuddha	CEO, Vision-IPR	India
Gillespie, Iain	Head of Biotechnology Division, Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry, OECD	France
Hamed, Mohamed Raouf	Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology, National Organization for Drug Control and Research	Egypt
Hassouna , Salah	Emeritus Professor of Environmental Microbiology, High Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, Alexandria University	Egypt
Hillman, John	Former Director, Scottish Crop Research Institute (SCRI)	United Kingdom
Hoste, Christian	Programme Coordinator, French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development	France
Huelshoerster, Christian	Director, DAAD office in Cairo, Egypt	Egypt
Hussein , Tarek	President, Academy of Scientific Research and Technology	Egypt
Huttner, Eric	General Manager, Diversity Arrays Technology Pty Limited	Australia
Jacobsen, Hans- Joerg	Professor, Institute for Plant Genetics, Hannover University	Germany
James, Clive	Chairman and Founder of ISAAA	United States of America
Jarrett, Stephen	Principal Adviser, UNICEF Supply Division	United States of America
Joergensen, Birte Holst	Managing Director, Nordic Energy Research	Denmark
Kassem, Heba	Director, Clinical Genomics Center, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University	Egypt
Kaufmann, Stefan	Founding Director and Member, Max-Planck-Institute for Infection Biology	Germany
Ke, Wen	Institiute of Policy Management, Chineese Academy of Sciences.	China
Kent, Alastair	Director, Genetic Interest Group	United Kingdom
Khush, Gurdev	Adjunct Professor, University of California	United States of America
Kilama, John	President, Global Bioscience Development Institute	United States of America
Kirschfink, Michael	Professor of Immunology, Medical Faculty, University of Heidelberg	Germany
Kitasato, Ichiro	President, Japan Bioindustry Association (JBA)	Japan
Konaté, Gnissa	Director, INERA	Burkina Faso
Konde, Victor	Chair and Coordiantor	Zambia
Krattiger, Anatole	Research Professor, Arizona State University	United States of America
Kurasaki, Takaaki	Director, Division of Advanced Medical and Radiological Science, Research Promotion Bureau, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)	Japan
Kurata, Kenji	Director, Bio-Industry Division, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry	Japan
Lang, Roland	Institute of Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, Technical University of Munich	Germany
Laporte, Ronald	Professor of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh	United States of America
Linkov , Faina	Research Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute	United States of America
Madkour, Magdy	Professor of Plant Pathology and Biotechnology, Arid Lands Agricultural Research Institute, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Egypt.	Egypt
Madkour, Samia	Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University, Damanhour	Egypt
Marei, Mona K.	Professor of Prosthodontics and Head, Tissue Engineering Laboratories, Faculty of dentistry, Alexandria University	Egypt
Martin, Jacques-François	President and CEO, Parteurop	France
Marton-Lefèvre, Julia	Director General, IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature	Switzerland
Massoud, Ahmed	Professor, Faculty of Dentistry, Alexandria University	Egypt
McConnell, David	Co Vice Chairman, EAGLES and Professor, Department of Genetics, University of Dublin	Ireland
McDermott, John	Deputy Director General of Research, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)	Canada
Melon, Christina C.	University of Toronto	Canada
Mooney, Pat	Executive Director, ETC Group	Canada
Morris , Jane	Director, African Centre for Gene Technologies	South Africa
Moussa, Mariam	Research Specialist, Center for Special Studies and Programs, Bibliotheca Alexandrina	Egypt
Nakhla, Rafik	BiovisionAlexandria 2008 Organizing Committee, Bibliotheca Alexandrina	Egypt
Nobel, Joel	Founder and Professor Emeritus, ECRI Institute (ECRI)	United States of America
Norrby, Erling	Professor, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences , Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences	Sweden
Nutti, Marilia	Researcher, National Research Center on Food Technology, Embrapa	Brazil
Omi, Koji	Founder and Chairman, Science and Technology in Society (STS) forum; Member of the House of Representatives	Japan
Paes de Carvalho, João	Principal, BiznessBrazil	Brazil
Pagliano, Daniel	Director, Latin American Federation of National Biotechnology Companies Association (FELAEB)	Uruguay
Patell, Villoo Morawala	Founder and CMD, Avesthagen Limited	India
Persley, Gabrielle	Chair, Doyle Foundation	United Kingdom
Potocnik, Janez	European Commissioner for Science and Research, European Commission	Belgium
Rabbinge, Roelof	University Professor of Wageningen University & Chair of the Science Council of the CGIAR	Netherlands
Rangel-Aldao, Rafael	"Director of Project Digital Molecular Medicine, Professor of Biotechnology, Simon Bolivar University and Director, Research & Innovation	Venezuela
Ray, Monali	University of Toronto	Canada
Reva, Oleg	National Bioinformatics Network Node Manager,ACGT Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Unit, University of Pretoria	South Africa
Rios, Gilbert M.	Coordinator, NanoMemPro Network of Excellence NoE EC / FP6	France
Rook, Graham	Professor, Centre for Infectious Diseases and International Health, Windeyer Institute of Medical Sciences	United Kingdom
Sachez, Elena	Science Counselor, Delegation of the European Commission in Egypt	Egypt
Sachs, Jeffrey D.	Director, Earth Institute.	United States of America
Saenz, Tirso	Centre for Sustainable Developmewnt, University of Brasilia.	Brazil
Sauer, Francois	CEO Trans Am Group	United States of America
Schmidt , Harald	Assistant Director, Nuffield Council on Bioethics	United Kingdom
Schneider, Cynthia P	Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy	United States of America
Schnug , Ewald	Head, Institute for Plant Nutrition and Soil Science	Germany
Schockenhoff, Eberhard	Professor, Theologische Fakultأ¤t - Arbeitsbereich Moraltheologie, Albert-Ludwigs Universitأ¤t Freiburg	Germany
Serageldin, Ismail	Director, Bibliotheca Alexandrina	Egypt
Shotkoski, Frank	Director, Agricultural Biotechnology Support Project (ABSP) II, Cornell University	United States of America
Shubnikov, Eugene	Research Scientist, Institute of Internal Medicine, Novosibirsk	Russia
Singer, Peter	Sun Life Financial Chair in Bioethics & Director, University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics	Canada
Soliman, Salah	Professor of Pesticide Chemistry & Toxicology, Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University	Egypt
Suojanen, Christian	Secretary General, European Federation of Biotechnology	Spain
Swaminathan, Soumya	Deputy Director (Sr.Grade), Tuberculosis Research Centre	India
Thorsteinsdottir, Halla	Mclaughlin – Rotman Center for Global health, University of Toronto.	Canada
Trigo , Eduardo J.	Director, Grupo CEO Consultores S.A. and Scientific Adviser, Directorate for International Relations, Ministry for Science, Technology and Innovation	Argentina
van der Meer, Piet	Executive Secretary, Public Research and Regulation Initiative (PRRI)	Belgium
Van Montagu, Marc	Elected and Acting President, the European Federation of Biotechnology	Belgium
Varfolomeev, Sergei	Director, Institute of Biochemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences	Russia
Yang, Huanming	Director, Beijing Genomics Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Director, Huada Genomics Research Center.	China
Zaky, Yehia	Head, Academic and Cultural Affairs Sector, Bibliotheca Alexandrina	Egypt
Zimmer , Daniel	Executive Director, World Water Council	France